Three killed on moose rescue mission

Three people have been killed in the US after a helicopter on a mission to rescue a moose clipped a steel cable and crashed through a frozen reservoir.

Three people have been killed in the US after a helicopter on a mission to rescue a moose clipped a steel cable and crashed through a frozen reservoir.

The pilot, a passenger who worked for the helicopter company and a third person, who was a photographer for the Division of Wildlife Resources, died.

The accident happened about 10 miles east of Salt Lake City near Interstate 80, which was briefly shut down after the crash.

The helicopter was being used to transport moose from the Parleys Canyon area, where a half-dozen of the animals have been hit and killed by vehicles in the past month.

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